Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-27
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The SENATE
WASHINGTON. February a5-The Sen
ate, n an early haEr TINS n0-zinE
p zzzd zhs House j5int resosatioa pro
vIdine fo- ths investigation OF the book,
u ths PzcItl- railroads. EiEh an zmsEi
ussus thereto N the nz-zTe Of . szbssi
iute.
AT I o'ciOck the presiding Ofhee- inter
m 5t@d the r-OcssdEngs and stated thai
ne hour had arrived fSr ad-niassse-sag
iIls Ozsh Of otsice - his szseesso- =
Pr=sids.t gsrO tez- He retained thanks
% the Senate f1r their kind cOur-zsy and
fsri,sarznce TO i1sm- Alter Insalis had
taken and subscribed 10 ss- cath Of
ufflee. he souk the chair and Ssi4 that
yzhiIe he w0uid inevitably su-sT lispz--
saeunsnt by contrast N yarlsnsu.zry
learning. skilL. urb-nify and accom-
IiIizhrnsrsS with ms islzs--I7us presse-
csszs1r. ne <Ould strive to excel hun in
I.is grateful a1pre-iatlca Of the dis
liuguishsa honor conferred
A Tsta OF thanks was then, On molten
N az--Is, given . The retirlng presiding
ufii-e-
Tine Consular and Diplomatic appropri-
a-luu iii anu the Agricultural a9OrOuri-
zri0n bill Was aisO tasen mp and passed
with some amendDeatsl-
Piazt iBazired of Allison - to the con-
Tiition of appropriated balls Allison
said only one appropriation bill the
Army bill. had BEEN signed by the Pres
IIieu-- The oniy other appropriation
hilIs that had passed both Houses were
th= Pension bi.l aad the Military AraG-
emv hi. Tie POstS-fce bsll, the n
TiIan bill. tis SUn6ry Cavll bill and tns
Das--i-s sf Columbia hsll xere al IN con-
fzrrnre. The Legislative tsil, the most
Important Sunary CIvl blli. had not
tlezn taken up for e01sl1s-ztlon By the
House. The RerreseB-azIFes' Naval
nil Was under c0nzss-z-sun IN that
body and had been f0- -<O Or three 6zys
Il was u-Oc-elznE there HiEs commend
ziiIe leisure. the HOese having sd-
rhe Deficiency bail had rot Vet been r.
unrHsd 10 sse HCEse, nor had the F0-ti-
fis-.sInn bill vet reached ths seoate-
TBk HOUSE
The H0zse went INTO Committee OF
he " hose. Mr. Crezry II lh= chair, ON
the Naral Appropriation bill
Gr- .Szy-rs, 81 Texas, offered sn
amendment aPg1ourIasi@g o.s.e, coo f1r
the construction Of t=s s<If1 d0Ghlr
STEEL cruisers, each oI about 400 tons
displacement. type CT N=Szlk- except
the 51sl.rs and nazchinsry- fOur Of about
I700 tons dispsa>smsr1. of the type OF
--Gunb0z. No i. and one swift torpedo
b0sst: said vessels 10 csss sl10grfh=r- ex-
cius5ve OF armament, not mora than
81 sJ0, coo.
Mr. BJuselIe. OF Name. oTered Is =
substitute for r.ls. arns-01s-at an amend
m-nt appEopri.ting So. .O99. O00 iOr the
construction II ten stEEl cruisers and
= so. OO0 for their z-mzme1- Mr.
Boul=lle's substitute Vas rsjsc1zd by %
10 l0., the vote beng almost a
strict party vote sfr- TEczn1s, Or
Illinois, moved ID .nszd tie Gz1endmsn nj
~ providing that the <es-els shall Le
Drilr under contract and, a. nearly as
may BE-. IN eompliancs with the PrOva-
ions Of the acs Of August ), 1885
Agreed to- As thu amended the
amendment offered by Mr. Ssyers. of
Texas. Was adopted by ls4 II - On
The point Of order r2lsrd BY M Raniail.
of PennsylVzzla, fhs last paragraph OF
the Dill zu1issr5Z-zg the transfer Of ma
serial frnm Ons blzez2 OF the Nary Ds-
uz-1msn- 10 another EzS ruled frus- the
niIl- Tns cgr1ml1ree then rose sad re-
T,u--e6 the hsll 70 the H0zse- Tn
d0use rsafiiFzns1- yeas Isl. nays Il.
the amendmeut 0E=-e3 6y M SAYsS
ana the bill gzas then passed
Tns H5us= vent inzo Committee
Uf the whole IN the evening on Ih= l=z-
Islz1ive, ezseu1iEe and glasieial aPprO-
przz-s0n hills TRs rs-ssIn- prOceedeG.
without in1e-Trptiun far n@arly two
hOur=. when Mr. P=-szboae, Of Tennessee.
moved thai the eomlII.5s Flse- The
QUESTION xas put and dee-1ed N tine neg
a1Ixs, when Mr.. Brady made the point
NJ urier thai No euSzum had voted
Ths hartman Mr. SDrInsel ceciieG;
thai 10 quorum Ezs Eeces=2-Y- On a
notion Ihz. The committee ri-a Mr.
Brady appealed from the decision. but
-ne chair Tzfussd ID entertain Z